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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1
Land taken for a Portion of the Foxton to New
Plymouth Railway (Waverley Section.)
(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by a Proclamation issued under
the authority of sections one hundred and
twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-three, and one
hundred and twenty-four of "The Public Works
Act, 1876," the middle line of a further portion of
the railway from Napier to a junction with the railway
from New Plymouth to Waitara at Sentry Hill, pass-
ing by Pakipaki, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Takapau,
the Manawatu Gorge, Bunnythorpe, and Wanganui,
with a branch from the main line at Bunnythorpe to
Foxton through Palmerston, being one of the railways
specified in the said Act, was defined: And whereas
pursuant to the one hundred and twenty-fifth section
of "The Public Works Act, 1876," the Minister for
Public Works has caused to be made and, on the
twenty-first day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, to be deposited in the
office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court at
Wellington, such maps and plans as were necessary
to explain the said further portion of the said line
of railway and the land through which the same
passes, and such maps and plans were referred to in
such Proclamation as aforesaid: And whereas the
line of railway from Foxton to New Plymouth is the
same railway as that referred to in the Proclamation
hereinabove recited, and is one of the railways speci-
fied in "The Public Works Act, 1879," and it is
enacted by the Act last named that such of the
railways mentioned therein as are unfinished may be
completed under the provisions of "The Public
Works Act, 1876," "The Public Works Act 1876
Amendment Act, 1878," and "The Public Works
Act, 1879:" And whereas the land described in the
Schedule hereto is required to be taken for the said
further portion of the railway from Foxton to New
Plymouth:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred by the sixth section
of "The Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act,
1878," and of every power and authority in that
behalf, doth hereby proclaim and declare that the
land described in the Schedule hereto is taken for
the said further portion of the line of railway herein
last above named.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 7 acres 1 rood, more or less, situate in
the Survey District of Wairoa, Provincial District of
Wellington, being portion of Section No. 301,
commencing at a point on the north-eastern boun-
dary of the land taken for railway, and proclaimed on
the 7th January, 1879, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 5, of the 9th January, 1879,
the said point being 639 links from the right bank of
the Waitotara River. Bounded-Generally North-
easterly by lines, 219, 1305, and 460 links respec-
tively; generally Easterly by public road, 1359 and
160 links respectively; generally Northerly by creek,
830 links or thereabouts; Westerly by the western
boundary of Section No. 301, 210 links; South-
westerly by line, 60 links; North-westerly by line,
50 links; South-westerly by line, 1400 links; South-
easterly by line, 50 links; generally South-westerly
by lines, 493 and 525 links respectively; generally
South-westerly and North-westerly to commencing
point by the afore-mentioned land taken for railway,
by lines, 371, 100, 246, and 388 links respectively.
All that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 3 roods 32 perches, more or less,
situate in the Survey District of Wairoa, Provincial
District of Wellington, being portion of Section
No. 300, commencing at the south-western corner of
said Section No. 300. Bounded-Generally South-
westerly by lines, 490 and 111 links respectively;
South-westerly by creek, 510 links or thereabouts;
generally North-easterly by lines, 250, 395, and
521 links respectively; North-westerly to commenc-
ing point by Section No. 344, 107 links.
All that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 7 acres 2 roods 30 perches, more or
less, situate in the Survey District of Wairoa, Pro-
vincial District of Wellington, being portions of
Section No. 344, commencing on the western boun-
dary of Section No. 301, 3846 links from the south-
western corner thereof. Bounded-Generally South-
westerly by lines, 1000 and 250 links respectively;
North-easterly by creek, 510 links or thereabouts;
generally North-easterly by line, 350 links; North-
westerly by line, 15 links; North-easterly by creek,
200 links or thereabouts; South-easterly to com-
mencing point by line, 210 links. Also commencing
at the south-western corner of Section No. 300.
Bounded-Generally South-westerly by lines, 60, 383,
3353, 363, 432, 1650, 276, and 148 links respectively;
North-westerly by Section No. 353, 173 links;
generally North-easterly by lines, 204, 483, 1407,
450, 381, 3353, 340, and 29 links respectively; South-
easterly to commencing point by line, 107 links.
All that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 5 acres 1 rood 32 perches, more or
less, situate in the Survey District of Wairoa, Pro-
vincial District of Wellington, being part of Section
No. 353, commencing on the western boundary of
Section No. 344, 1280 links from the northernmost
corner thereof. Bounded-Generally North-easterly
by lines and Section No. 311, 287, 414, 1509, 442, and
1305 links respectively; generally South-westerly by
lines, 423, 375, 477, 459, 1105, 524, 517, and 148 links
respectively; South-easterly to commencing point by
Section No. 344, 173 links.
All that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 5 acres and 14 perches, more or less,
situate in the Survey District of Wairoa, Provincial
District of Wellington, being part of Section No.
311, commencing on the northern boundary of
Section No. 353, 2320 links from the north-eastern
corner thereof. Bounded-North-easterly by line,
271 links; South-easterly by line, 133 links; North-
easterly by line, 479 links; North-westerly by line,
300 links; generally North-easterly by lines, 92, 639,
567, 868, and 345 links respectively; North-west by
Section No. 312, 188 links; generally South-westerly
to commencing point by lines and Section No. 353,
50, 816, 548, 508, and 1305 links respectively.
All that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 14 acres 3 roods 7 perches, more or
less, situate in the Survey District of Wairoa, Pro-
vincial District of Wellington, being part of Section
No. 312, commencing on the south-eastern boun-
dary of said Section No. 312, 617 links from the
southernmost corner thereof. Bounded-Generally
South-westerly by lines, 764, 923, 635, and 651 links
respectively; generally Westerly by lines, 537, 1155,
500, and 806 links respectively; generally South-
westerly by lines, 475 and 2356 links respectively;
North-west by public road, 107 links; generally
North-easterly by lines, 2595 and 610 links respec-
tively; generally Easterly by lines, 635, 829, 679,
and 847 links respectively; generally North-easterly
by lines, 907, 549, 274, 510, and 246 links respec-
tively; South-east to commencing point by Section
No. 311, 188 links.
All that piece or parcel of land containing by
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- Arthur Gordon, Governor
NZ Gazette 1881, No 1